The Venezuelans fleeing to Colombia to avoid fighting

Colombia 

Gunshots on the border between Colombia and Venezuela they've become frequent in the past few weeks the result these thousands of Venezuelans are crossing this river into Colombia fleeing from the crossfire is one of them they are fleeing fighting between the army of venezuela's nicolas maduro and groups he calls terrorists and imperialists for years there have been allegations that the venezuelan government tolerates colombian guerrillas in the country but recently something changed and now they're fighting each other this month almost 6 000 venezuelans have fled their country these refugee camps were quickly set up a few weeks ago social distancing here is impossible the humanitarian response here has been huge but most of the refugees are in informal shelters hosted by colombians by locals like this one this woman fled with her young children four different families are staying in this small house crammed on top of each other the stones shock about how they were pushed out of their homes by the venezuelan military a few videos on social media of how the military burned his house government supporters have accused him of being part of the colombian guerrilla venezuela is fighting that's why haidu doesn't want to go back to venezuela just like jairus helping his relatives building a new house we've seen several families in the same situation they're really close to their actual land and yet they have to build a new life in this side of the border these three women who asked not to be named because they feared for their safety even in colombia decided to stay on this side of these refugees are adding to the pressure colombia is already under the country has received almost 2 million migrants from venezuela due to the country's economic collapse so the people who just got here because of the fighting fear that colombia doesn't have the means to help them the kraken's government has shown images of venezuelans returning home over the past month but there are still thousands of people too scared to cross the river that separates them from their home because of the ongoing conflict which is why haido and many others are hoping to build a new future here you.